THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 March 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

t KXim-iuc 'I'KJ.KHKAl'U—(joi'riuoHX.j H'KK ClUiStj ASSOCIATION, j THE l"IGIiT FUR ViMUiUJs. Paris, March A Fort Donnu 1110111 is perched ninety feet »b'o\ r e the village. When The Ccruiaiis were urivon back 011 \Vediies day eriCrjCy artillery rosiuiicd"" tlio slwutering lire, pfcughitiig tlic ground in all directions and reducing the root) 6 to powder with a thousand mon-itu shells. The Grown Prince ordered the last attack with fresh Prussian brigades who nlino&t a.I shared tlieir comrades' fates, but gained a looting on the extreme edge of the plateau. The latest Information stales that the Germans hold one side ot the main street of JJoiiaiunoiit and the .Frenchmen the other. The fighting is p oceeding ivitii bloody vehemence First the French and then the Germans ga.in a lew yards in the deadly struggle for possession ol The village. General Pctain, the French co'inman- j der, i.s a picturesque figure who has I risen from colonel to general since the war. He brilliantly handled, his , men during the Artois offensive in May and the Champagne offensive in September. A communique states :--We carried out a destructive artillery tire on the enemy's works east o£ Neuville, and south of Horryaubac. There has been hot fighting neai Bouauinont. We Held the upper part of the knoll 011 the northern slope whereon the village is situated. A sharp counter-attack enabled us to regain ground in the immediate vicinity n l'th The bombardment hfis been maintained at an extremely violent pitch west and east ol the Mouse also in the Woe Vie. We concentrated our artillery tiro 011 the enemy assembly lieiir Beaumont and dispersed a column on the march. We brought down an Albatross 1 the vicinity ot Douaumont and .took prisoner the occupants. ■ We attacked and c,.ptured b cv al ,crnuui trenches east ol y enemy's counter-attacks trilled to Ji. lollgl ' "*• Paris, March 5. A coniniunitiue state:— riu ' L ° jj" S t, en mi intense bombardment at teroniont wood and an infantry attack which tailed. . f no ,tin« 1 The Germans have regained a tootm ( irt Douauinont.villagc Hon, which elected them on Friday evening. Be perate lighting continues lor , of the village, with alternate ebb -ml How. < GERMAN YFUSIONOOrl r TUK , ( ATTACK. 1

London. jNUtvch 5. \ Genua,, communique states :-Tln< r £L **«* inont and lines tisl,tpulsed. In pa-'-tin \c; aM '' " ing thev sustained lioavy loswe. \ - , *■ „ thousand umvoundcd took prisoner a thousand J' loll, i has The booty since l<e.l>nuii.\ ~ - heeii 110 g ,ms aml 1( " ,u " ,aC! " ne " U1 "" BIMTLSH J»TH)Cini'^S. London March 1. Sir Douglas Haig reports: --Wo exploded live mine siiear Hohenaollern redoubt and occupied the eratei. ,ne contains the enemy's main mining shaft. . . We'consolidated the positions on the Ypres-Oommiines Canal, wli!i|ch wore taken yesterday, inducing '200 yorfls of the enemy's original trendies. CAUCASIAN CAMPAIGN. Petrognid, March 1., A coininuni<|no states The Caucasian campaign is extremely difficult owing to the roads (being impassable on account of the snow. AVe stormed and captured Bit lie on Thursday night capturing six guns and many prisoners. ITALIAN GUNS AM) RIFLES CAPTURED. Amsterdam, March 1. An Austrian communique claims that they recently captured, near Durazzo, 3-i Italian guns and 11,400 rifles.